Devils humble Virginia, 90-55
The Virginia women’s basketball team suffered its most comprehensive defeat of the year Thursday, falling to No. 3 Duke, 90-55, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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The Virginia women’s basketball team suffered its most comprehensive defeat of the year Thursday, falling to No. 3 Duke, 90-55, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Ataira Franklin’s favorite player and standard for hardwood excellence suits up in royal purple and gold. He competes most nights at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, and once partnered with Shaquille O’Neal, Phil Jackson and company for three consecutive NBA championships.
Most teams stop warming up when the lights go out at John Paul Jones Arena for the Virginia women’s basketball team’s pregame entrance. Notre Dame went right on draining jump shots and flinging pinpoint passes.
Reeling from a three-game losing streak and season-long shooting woes, the Virginia women’s basketball team took the floor against Michigan on Thursday night at John Paul Jones Arena looking to change its tune.
Days before the Virginia women’s basketball team tipped off its 2013-14 season, the Cavaliers talked about their hope — one they almost described as an expectation — of playing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in coach Joanne Boyle’s three-year tenure. With senior guards Ataira Franklin, Lexie Gerson and Kelsey Wolfe starting in the backcourt and junior forward Sarah Imovbioh bringing physical, energetic post-play, Virginia appeared primed to contend for a slot in the 68-team field.
As a freshman in 2012, Virginia defender Scott Thomsen started every one of the Cavaliers’ 21 matches and finished with a team-high eight assists and 1,991 minutes played. The Brick, N.J. native set up the most Virginia scores since Nico Colaluca’s 10-assist campaign in 2006 and was on the passing end of five game-winning goals.
Less than a minute into Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Round of 16 game against Marquette, junior Cavalier defender Matt Brown mishandled a pass near midfield. Marquette sophomore forward C. Nortey pounced on the miscue and sprinted downfield on a breakaway.
The Virginia women’s basketball team traveled to Grand Bahama Island over Thanksgiving weekend to compete against a tough field at the Junkanoo Jam Tournament. The Cavaliers lost a pair of hard-fought games to No. 3 Tennessee and Kansas State to finish November on a three-game slide.
The Virginia women’s basketball team had its three-game win streak halted Sunday evening at West Virginia, falling 68-58. After trailing by double-digits in the first four minutes of the game, the Cavaliers were unable to crawl all the way back.
The Virginia men’s soccer team returned to Klöckner Stadium Sunday afternoon for a second round NCAA Tournament matchup against a streaking, defensive-minded St. John’s squad. For the first time since winning the national championship in 2009, the Cavaliers advanced to the tournament’s second weekend by quelling the Red Storm, 2-0, on a sunny yet cold day in Charlottesville.
Late last Sunday afternoon, Virginia sophomore forward Darius Madison shot high of the net and, dismayed, pulled his jersey over his head. His team trailed No. 4 Maryland, 1-0, in the last two minutes of the ACC Championship. Madison could not stand the thought of a Virginia loss in the conference title game, so he blocked out the field and stands surrounding him and his Cavalier teammates.
Tuesday night in Lynchburg, Va., the Virginia women’s basketball team won a 61-60 nail-biter against Liberty after senior guard Ataira Franklin sunk the go-ahead free throw with 11 seconds on the clock. The Cavaliers (3-1) held off the Flames (0-3) despite flubbing all of a 58-49 lead in the last five minutes of regulation.
The Virginia men’s soccer team stumbled late against longtime rival Maryland in the ACC Championship game Sunday, losing 1-0 in Germantown, Md. The No. 12 Cavaliers ceded an own-goal in the 88th minute off the leg of senior defender Kevin McBride to hand the No. 4 Terrapins the title after keeping the score level for nearly two full halves.
Early in the first half of the Virginia women’s basketball team’s home game against Conference USA foe Louisiana Tech, senior guard Kelsey Wolfe intercepted a Techster pass and took the ball to the rim for an easy two. On the Techsters’ very next possession, the Cavaliers pressured Louisiana Tech into another turnover and capitalized on the error when Wolfe found senior guard Ataira Franklin for an in-rhythm transition three. Moments later, redshirt senior guard Lexie Gerson drove baseline and knocked down a pull-up jumper.
Monday morning, Virginia men’s soccer coach George Gelnovatch had his No. 12 Cavaliers finish practice with three penalty kick shootouts, requesting that his players approach the trial rounds with in-game intensity. The next day, Virginia’s focused preparation paid tangible dividends, as sophomore midfielder Todd Wharton converted his penalty kick in the 94th minute to propel the No. 12 Cavaliers to a 1-0 overtime victory at No. 9 Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals.
Five and a half minutes remained in the first half when freshman forward Amanda Fioravanti checked into the Virginia women’s basketball team’s home opener against High Point on Monday night. The Cavaliers held a four-point lead over the Panthers, and their shooting was inconsistent again, but with Fioravanti on the floor, every Virginia player had entered the game in its first 15 minutes.
When the Virginia women’s basketball jumped out to a 10-0 lead Friday night against James Madison, the Cavaliers appeared primed to deal the Dukes a lopsided season-opening defeat for the second year in a row. Virginia’s hot shooting quickly cooled, however, and James Madison exploited the Cavaliers’ lack of size to hand them a 63-46 loss behind All-CAA senior guard Kirby Burkholder’s 24 point, 16 rebound double-double.
Friday night at Klöckner Stadium, the No. 15 Virginia men’s soccer team finished the regular season with a 1-0 overtime win against conference foe Boston College. The Cavaliers secured the six seed in next week’s ACC Tournament, setting up a first round match with No. 13 Wake Forest Tuesday in Winston Salem, N.C.
When Virginia women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle arrived in Charlottesville in April 2011, she inherited leadership of a program guided for the previous 34 years by the beloved Debbie Ryan. Her predecessor had shepherded the Cavaliers to 736 wins, 24 NCAA Tournaments and 12 Sweet Sixteen appearances, expecting academic dedication from her players all the while.
For nearly a month and a half, during a dazzling stretch from Sept. 17 to Oct. 29, the Virginia men’s soccer team did not lose a game. The Cavaliers rocketed past seven adversaries including then-No. 2 Notre Dame and earned draws against four more including then-No. 5 Maryland.